Franklin County, KY Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 155.111 of the Franklin County Code sorts home occupations into two tracks, and the traffic rules differ sharply between them. A minor home occupation, which Planning staff can approve administratively, must meet the condition in (B)(1)(a)4 that no customers, students or clients are allowed on site. Item 5 adds that the occupation shall not create the need for off-street parking beyond normal dwelling needs and will not generate additional traffic. A tutor, accountant or designer who meets clients in the house therefore cannot qualify as minor.

A major home occupation needs a conditional use permit from the Board of Zoning Adjustments. Under (B)(2)(b), no more than two customers, clients or pupils can be on the site at any one time. The one exception is for an occupant of a single-family dwelling who provides group or professional therapy, which can reach four individuals at one time. Under (B)(2)(c), a major home occupation that accommodates customers, clients or pupils cannot operate between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and (B)(2)(d) keeps the one permitted non-resident employee off the site during the same hours.

Deliveries are capped too. Under (B)(2)(f), deliveries shall not be made using tractor-trailers, and no more than two commercial deliveries, such as UPS, Federal Express or U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, can be made in any 24-hour period. Section 155.111(I) adds that required parking shall not alter the residential character of the lot, and the opening purpose statement in (A) names the goal of preventing an undue increase in traffic or parking problems on local streets. Conditional use approval also depends on the street capacity finding in § 155.105(A).